in the year 2003 (w03 5/15 pp.
27-29) the watchtower analyzed the heretical views of tatian, a christian of the second century, in an article entitled "tatianapologist or heretic?".
let's read some portions:.
Tatian turned apostate. Therefore he gains the usual label from the WT of being mentally diseased
*** w03 5/15 p. 29 Tatian—Apologist or Heretic? ***
Why did Tatian deviate so far from the Scriptures? Did he become “a forgetful hearer”? (James 1:23-25) Did Tatian fail to turn down false stories and thereby fall prey to human philosophy? (Colossians 2:8; 1 Timothy 4:7) Since the errors he subscribed to were so great, could some mental aberration be suspected?
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there are times like this moment i think of taking a train to my final destination.
i know i have some unfinished business ( got a wife and kids though jw), but i am really done with it.
i hate my life.
Life is a journey with ups and downs.
When you're down you can't see there will ever be an up again, but when that up comes you see things in much better perspective.
When we stop and think, often there are many things we enjoy and can be grateful for, and these things help us persevere when the going is difficult.
LisaRose is right, there are people we can reach out to when things seem to be too hard and they can support us through the worst of times.
Don't try to tackle this alone if you things are getting too hard.
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is there any way we can try to start a crowd-fund to help terry get some wheels quicker than he currently can?
with craigslist and a couple of bucks from a few members we can help terry get moving.
does anyone have any ideas how we can do a "theists for terry" bike fund raiser and challenge the atheists to a bucket-head challenge?
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i think that there should be a list of the times when a certain world event got jw's thinking "this has got to be it!
the start of armageddon!".
it would be nice to have screenshots of twitter/facebook comments from actual jw's.... then come back to it 5, 10, 15 years from now and just say... nope... just another crisis in the world.... just this year there have been two:.
I wasn't around at the time, but no doubt the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, then when AIDS swept through in the 1980's etc.
The WT will have mentioned things like these then said "when we see all these things, we know we are close", or some such.
So basically, JW's are on high alert for anything and everything to try to validate their belief that it is around the corner.
Even this past year when the WT wrote "Could this be our last memorial" everyone was saying "100 years since 1914.... Why did the WT write that..." nudge nudge, wink wink.
It's exhausting being a JW.
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i have a question about the whitehouse web logo.
i've only seen it on witehouse webvideos out of the wh.org website.
it looks very much like a logo we all know.. a picture of mr. obama with the logo in the upper right corner taken drom a webvideo out of wh.org:.
I thought this was a faked picture, but it's out there in other places
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/59705/
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is there any way we can try to start a crowd-fund to help terry get some wheels quicker than he currently can?
with craigslist and a couple of bucks from a few members we can help terry get moving.
does anyone have any ideas how we can do a "theists for terry" bike fund raiser and challenge the atheists to a bucket-head challenge?
Or some theft insurance
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three months ago i had to stop driving my car.
it wouldn't pass inspection and it would cost about $3k to get it up to par.. well, it's a 98 honda accord with about 179 thousand miles on it, what did i expect?.
.. i decided i would switch to riding a bicycle instead.. it has worked out fairly well.. i put about 10 miles a day on it.
Have you thought about taking up jogging?
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so is it a must and an absolute requirement to be a ministerial servant in the org?.
i was told that if i refuse an appointment as an ms then it means i'm opposing "jehovah's call to service".
Hi Disposable, it could be anything to be honest. I'm in bed surfing and posting from memory.
Band, the Bible is no longer used as the definitive list of qualifications anymore. Now it's all about how the brother is perceived. Hours, full and varied ministry, answers up, fulfills items, handles assignments well, family are exemplary, and I've also heard "the congregation wouldn't be surprised if he was appointed".
Oh, and he mustn't have a beard.
Love? What's that?
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so is it a must and an absolute requirement to be a ministerial servant in the org?.
i was told that if i refuse an appointment as an ms then it means i'm opposing "jehovah's call to service".
"If any man is reaching out for the office of overseer, he is desirous of a fine work."
It says IF. It's not mandatory. Next time you are badgered look them in the eye and say "stop twisting the scriptures".
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as i mentioned in a recent thread, i've relatively new here.
have been lurking for a few weeks and just started posting.. one of the things i'm finding interesting about this site is how often someone posts a set of jw published material that contradicts each other.
for example the other day someone posted about lecithin.
There were quite a few on this thread
http://www.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/265257/1/TTATT-in-a-can#.VATkp463PFo
If you need additional education from the mouthpiece of God, use the search facility to look for "medium octopus" and read that thread. Where would we be without them?
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